The Crown Room at Hotel Del Coronado
Categories: Hotels & Travel, Restaurants [Edit]
Neighborhood: Coronado1500 Orange Avenue
(between Adella Ave & Glorietta Blvd)
Coronado, CA 92118 (619) 522-8490
- Price Range: $$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Attire: Dressy
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Alcohol: Full Bar
4 reviews
San Diego, CA
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14 Reviews for The Crown Room at Hotel Del Coronado
I am one of a few lucky people who have been to the Hotel Del Coronado for a wedding. Top notch. WAY OVER THE TOP. The kind of wedding you see in movies I kid you not.
The ceremony started in the garden patio. Never in all the 30+ weddings I've attended did anybody actually walk down the aisle to Ave Maria--with a professional opera singer! I thought I was watching Muriel's Wedding! Note to self: walk down the aisle to Ave Maria.....
The reception soon followed also in the garden patio with light appetizers and LOTS of booze and champagne flowing. We were all then ushered into the Crown Room for more elegant food consisting of a sit down meal with filet mignon and lobster. This was a five course meal NOT including the wedding cake. Good thing, because I was throwing back bottomless cocktails and expensive champagne. Just wish I didn't eat so many damn appetizers.
GORGEOUS wedding. If you are a baller and drop that kind of cash. I heard rumors what it cost and i'll give you a hint-you could buy a small condo for the same price. Ironic how I don't think the couple is still together....
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Oh My Gosh...
The Crown Room-- has to be one of the most Gorgeous Rooms on Earth. It features one of the most intricately hand crafted wooden ceilings in it that I've ever seen!
Awhile back, took a friend of mine there who was an excellent carpenter. He had never seen the Hotel Del before and his eyes lit up like he had just seen the Sistine Chapel. He explained how difficult it would be to make the Hotel Del with today's modernized wood tools... and said that the fact that they were able to do this in that era-- was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE. He showed me how each and every intricacy would have had to have been hand crafted and laid in place... even the Rosettes would have had to have been carved by hand-- rather than a machine.
I had always appreciated the Crown Room before this--- but after he explained how complex the wood crafting would have been 130 or so years ago... it is just PHENOMENAL!!!
The Crown Room features Crown Chandeliers that were actually designed by the author of The Wizard of Oz. So cool that he was a writer-- as well as designer! Just goes to prove that we should use all of our many talents!
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The Crown Chandeliers...
When I first stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado-- I read an article talking about the gorgeous Crown Chandeliers-- and found out that the guy who designed them, had been the author of The Wizard of Oz! Who says you have to specialize in only one thing? These are so highly creative! Great to see that someone had the ability to move forward with 2 of their talents!
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Brunch at the Hotel Del--
The Crown Room is spectacular even if you are visiting it at night when there are no other people in the room to get a good sense of all of the intricate wood craftsmanship... however-- it is quite remarkable when it is the backdrop for one of THE BEST Brunches that I've ever had the pleasure of attending. This is truly an A Plus Experience. Absolutely AMAZING!
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If one is fortunate enough to own one of the most exquisite properties, in one of the most desirable locations and you have earned 4-5 stars for being known to have the very best to offer, then you can charge for, what you have to offer. Keeping all of this in mind, the Hotel del Coronado has many offerings for dining, at different price levels. Yes, they all charge top dollar, but you are getting what you are paying for. Don't forget it is also a resort and some of the dining options, inside and out are much more casual, than the Crown Room
The entire Hotel, inside and out, ghosts or not, is breath taking. Service is impeccable. Detail is their middle name. Several movies have been filmed there. This is a very old Hotel, that is in mint condition, with a whole lot of history. The food and the service and prices are what one would expect. They have a super reputation and they fine tune it, in every sense of the word.
It is worth every penny spent and will become a lasting memory! Think about the Brunch, for instance, which is $69.95 per adult. If you were to go elsewhere and order drinks, appetizers, salads, cheese and meats, a variety of Seafood ( shrimp cocktail, King Crab Legs), Prime Rib, dessert...what would you pay?
I have been all over the world and one of the best sights, I have ever seen is from, driving over the Coronado Bay Bridge and viewing the boat filled Bay, while at the same time viewing the ocean, the "Silver Strand", Point Loma and on a very clear day, the Coronado Islands and the Hotel Del Coronado, with that distinct, domed, red roof.
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LOVE IT!!!! Brunch that is....LOL!
I absolutely love the feeling of having brunch in The Crown Room at The Del in Coronado on Sundays. This room is AMAZING!!! IT always brings you back into time, when architecture was exquisite, captivating, and reflective of an era so elegant and dramatic. Women walking around in long gowns and petticoats, pearls around their necks, gloves up to their elbows-absolutely stunning! I've enjoyed many scrumptious dishes and the one thing I always come back to over and over again-the cascading chocolate fountain with dippers galore!!! Marshmallows, cheesecake, strawberries, rice crispy treats, pretzels, etc...etc...etc. The list goes on and on!!!! Make sure you save room for dessert.....
I also love the selection of seafood-king crab legs, shrimp cocktail, and oyster shooters to name a few. The price may seem steep at first but it is well worth it!!! The prime rib is also worth a try...always made to perfection with the right amount of au jus and horseradish. You get every side imaginable to complete your eating desire. And don't forget this is brunch so eat up on the piles and piles of bacon, sausauge, eggs made every way possible, waffles, and pancakes..YUM! And don't forget the mimosas....super strong and well woth every glass of it....
Make reservations.....the wait isn't long as every one is led into the Crown Room in groups.
If you get a chance, listen to the pianist who does an excellent job!
And don't forget to keep an eye out for the ghost of Kate Morgan...I hear she seems to wander around this establishment from time to time...
Brunch at the Del runs about $22/person. It's well worth it...at least once in your lifetime! Also...you can catch a wonderful stroll on the beach!
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It's an absolutely beautiful room. Grand ballroom style, with a beautiful wood ceiling. Great selection of top rate food. The seafood was my favorite which included Alaska King Crab Legs, raw oysters, tons and tons of huge shrimp for a shrimp cocktail and more. The breads were excellent. I had the prime rib which was very good; they had an awesome dijon mustard to go with it as well as horseradish. The shots of fruit smoothy's were really nice as well. They have a huge selection of juices as well as the champagne of course. Cheeses, meats, lamb, omelets it goes on and on. I couldn't try everything as I got too stuffed on the seafood. The deserts were really great. Gosh the chocolate in the chocolate fountain was really top rate; I was sticking everything on the desert bar under there.
Well all in all absolutely fabulous, but was it worth the price???? How could it possibly be worth it really? $70 per person, plus tax, plus tip, plus $10 for parking; the total for 2 came to $180. Can you imagine a brunch worth $180 for 2? If so this is the place for you, because I can't see it ever getting much better than this. If you can't imagine how any brunch could be worth $180 for two, then there is no way you could be rolled over.
We really loved it, but it was just not possible to live up to the $180 price tag. We received a huge gift certificate to the Del Coronado and we used that to pay for it. We'll be back to finish up the gift card, but I doubt we'll pay for it with our own money. For my own money, I'll probably go back to Humphrey's for Sunday Brunch. It comes close; a bit smaller selection, and most is not quite the same quality (the seafood is about the same though), different atmosphere; not quite as elegant, but very pretty; total cost is less than half which makes it doable for me for those special occasions.
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They do a Sunday Brunch that I swear you'd trade your mother for ... I know I would ... y'know, trade your mother.
seriously ... pricey but perfect!
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Yeah, it's pricey, but man, they had (freakishly enormous) crab legs , prime rib, oysters, yummy baked goat cheese, omelet and pasta stations, and a chocolate fountain, which looked very inviting, but I refused to partake in its goodness. While dining at the Crown, I couldn't help but draw a comparison to the buffet at the Universal City Hilton, at about $20 less! And the Hilton has LOBSTER!
A bit of advice to the staff, be ready to answer questions regarding the ghost of Kate Morgan. Our server fabricated some of the details of her suicide: she referred to it as a murder, where she was found, and called her "Anne" Morgan instead. Luckily, the gift shop had a book with all the deets.
Next time I'm in Coronado, I'll skip out on the brunch buffet and hold a seance in room 3327 instead
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Okay, Okay.
Let's establish my outstanding taste and love of decorum immediately by getting this out of the way:
The Hotel Del.
Oldest hotel of it's scale in America. No metal nails, all wood-joint construction. Absolutely masterful design. Oh, and it's on one of greatest SoCal beaches. Built by a madman... or was he a genius? Haunted. Multiple suicides. And not near, not adjacent to, but ON the beach. As in there's the back door, there's the beach, have fun.
Oh, and yeah, their Sunday Brunch was enough to create a passion for brunches in me, after eating there exactly one time, fifteen years ago.
A bit on the pricey side, by which I mean, extraordinarily expensive. A once in a lifetime indulgence. Expect to see me regularly at the brunch service, after my fortune is secured. I'll be in the peach ascot, etc.
Not romantic. Not hot. Just plush plutocratic splendor.
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Sunday at the Coronado. Never. Have I EVER. Seen SO MUCH food in all my life. I wish i had had more room in my stomach!!!! It was a luxurious, stunning room overflowing with people and food. The dessert spread was a tower of everything you could ever imagine.... You might think it's pricey at first... But NOT at ALL!! It is worth every penny.... but you might need to get someone to roll you out of there.... cause i did. BUT SO SO SO SO worth it!!!!!!!!!
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Good galore!! What is better than having Sunday buffet brunch with all-you-can drink mimosas, excellent coffee, in a room with a ceiling that reminded me of an upside down ship and as big as a grand ballroom, overlooking the sunny pier, with good company? Can't beat that. Even better...after stuffing our faces with the seafood, cheese platters, the big chocolate fountain, and the little bite size desserts, the beach was only a skip and a hop away. A great way to digest the 1,000+ calorie (but oh-so worth it) meal- by laying out on the beach.
Great food, great service, great mimosas! Definitely a place to check out!
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Two years ago I stayed at the Del on weekdays and ogled the crown room ceiling and lights. We returned for Thanksgiving to see if the Del could turn what I consider a throw away culinary wasteland of a holiday into something spectacular. They didn't disappoint. Even the turkey was five stars. I'd explain the food, but the choices were too many. I'll just say, there wasn't a clunker in the batch. It was all superb. Screw my family, I'm coming back next year. It's that good.
I did the weekend brunch thing... expensive but totally worth it. Unless you're seated next to a window you could be eating anywhere... so request a table well in advance and you won't be disappointed. I won't go here again unless it's a big occasion.
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So I'll throw myself in the mix of those who have experienced the Crown Room Sunday Brunch at the Hotel Del. The room is beautiful, but it's not the first of it's style I've seen (Thank you Umich for having unnecessarily fancy ballrooms in your Union and League) so that wasn't really what sold me on it. The food options are ridiculous (in a good way): prime rib, shrimp, crab legs, skirt steak, halibut, eggs, bacon, sausage, sushi, seared tuna, egg rolls, fried dumplings, steak fajitas, made-to-order omelettes, belgian waffles, pasta salads, hot pasta, two soups, baked goat cheese, crazy finger deserts, bread pudding (OMG!), chocolate fountain...and the list still goes on! Our server was great, made sure our plates were taken away and our drinks were always full (amazing coffee...you can also get champagne, mimosas or bloody marys, too). However, I'm taking one star away because given the $58.00 price tag per person, I just think the quality of the food should be a little better (it's not bad by any means, but I wouldn't say "Oh my stars and garters, this tastes like $58.00 worth of food!).
If you're at the Del or are planning on going to Coronado on a Sunday morning, I think the Crown Room is definitely worth a one-time go around just to experience it.
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alright. first, it is really expensive but the ambience is fantastic. the hotel del is the oldest seaside resort on the west coast. its right on the beach and the crown room is this huge banquet hall that reminded me of dining in some beautiful victorian hotel in europe. all beautiful dark rose wood and daintily set tables. the food selection is anything but dainty though. one long table piled with fresh seafood. the crab was fantastic and so was the shrimp. another table held breakfast foods including eggs benedict and all the usual morning fare. another table had lunch entress including fantastic tamales. and still another table full of fresh carved meats - try the prime rib! it melted in my mouth. and to top it all off the desserts were so amazing that i tried a whole plate full even though i had already unbuttoned by top button.
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